Pneumococcal Vaccination in Rheumatic Diseases.
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چکیده
1Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi; 2Chief consultant rheumatology DGMS (Army), Army Hospital, R and R, New Delhi; 3Professor & Head Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India and Editor in Chief, International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases (Formerly the APLAR Journal of Rheumatology), Vice President, Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology; 4Consultant Rheumatologist, Apollo Specialty Hospital, Chennai & Chennai Meenakshi Mutispecialty Hospital. Introduction
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
دوره 63 4 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015